Independent Radical Publishing
Independent Radical Publishing
Fri, 23 Aug 2019, 15:30
Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh (UK), Edinburgh International Book Festival, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
As part of Edinburgh International Book Festival
The life and legacy of Mohandas Gandhi is under scrutiny in an era which seems, rightly or wrongly, to abhor contradiction. Talat Ahmed is co-director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. In Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience, she asks: was Gandhi’s non-violent approach as successful as we imagine, and how useful might it be in repairing rifts today? A captivating discussion awaits
